Title:
Service Medal of the Order of St John
Object name(s):
Medals
Brief description:
A round, silver medal. The obverse depicts the effigy of Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria derived from a bust carved by her daughter, The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll with a circumscription. The reverse depicts, between sprigs of St John’s Wort, five circles showing, the Imperial Crown, the Royal Arms, the Arms of The Prince of Wales who was the first Grand Prior under the Royal Charter of 1888, the Crest of that Prince of Wales and the Arms of the Order as they were immediately prior to 1926, with a circumscription. The ribbon has three black and two white stripes of equal width. The medal is suspended from a straight bar fixed suspension on an ornate foot fitting positioned at 12 0'clock. It is worn with the bright plated steel brooch with soldered joint and catch on the top reverse of the ribbon.
Collection:
Museum of the Order of St John
Associated organisation:
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1999-present)
Credit line:
Transfer from St John International, 2019
Dimension:
Height x width: 88 x 41mm Diameter: 38mm
Material:
9/10 gilding metal, plated in silver, struck, with a nylon ribbon
Object name:
Medals
Object number:
2019.15.2
Object production date:
2019
Object production date:
2020 -
Object production date:
2022 -
Object production place:
Birmingham
Object production place:
England
Physical description:
A round, silver medal. The obverse depicts the effigy of Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria derived from a bust carved by her daughter, The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll with a circumscription. The reverse depicts, between sprigs of St John’s Wort, five circles showing, the Imperial Crown, the Royal Arms, the Arms of The Prince of Wales who was the first Grand Prior under the Royal Charter of 1888, the Crest of that Prince of Wales and the Arms of the Order as they were immediately prior to 1926, with a circumscription. The ribbon has three black and two white stripes of equal width. The medal is suspended from a straight bar fixed suspension on an ornate foot fitting positioned at 12 0'clock. It is worn with the bright plated steel brooch with soldered joint and catch on the top reverse of the ribbon.
Text reason:
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